一篇英文的自我介绍作文(汇集20篇)

Nice to meet you, dear teachers and professors. I am honored to be informed to have this interview.

My name is Li Bai，coming from Rizhao, a beautiful city of Shandong Province. I graduated from Qingdao Technological University , taking software engineering as my major.

As for my strongest strength ,I think it is my responsibility in work and study ,which promote me unceasingly devote myself to my work. In group cooperative work, I always try my best to finish my part on time and make sure that correct.

In my spare time, I am big on reading books, especially those about biography. These stories of famous person make me wise. I also have passion for running. During the days preparing for the postgraduate entrance examination, I persisted in running every day except raining day.

When I prepared my graduation thesis，my adviser impressed me deeply. He is hard-working and treat learning very seriously. Sometimes he repeats my email ,telling me many details about what should I do and where I should focus on. So that, I realize I need learn more and more practice. If I am given a chance to study at your esteemed university ,I will concentrate on my study and make great efforts to master my subjects.

So that is all, thank you for your attention!

[考研复试英文自我介绍

普陀山的英文介绍

古迹的小岛，在我国可以说是绝无仅有。普陀山位于浙江省杭州湾以东约100海里，是舟山群岛中的一个小岛。全岛面积12.5平方公里，呈狭长形，南北最长处为8.6里，东西最宽外3.5公里。最高处佛顶山，海拔约300米。

普陀山的海天景色，不论在哪一个景区、景点，都使人感到海阔天空。虽有海风怒号，浊浪排空，却并不使人有惊涛骇浪之感，只觉得这些异景厅观使人振奋。

Putuo Mountain, one of the Four Holy Buddhist Mountains, covers an area of 12.5 square kilometers. The highest peak, the Fudingshan Mountain is 300 meters high above the sea level. Temples, monasteries, nunneries are spread all over the mountain. According to the annals of Putuo Mountain, after the construction of "Unwilling-to-go" Guanyin Temple, people began to build up temples in large scales. The remained ten ancient architecture complex and historical sights were built in Song, Yuan, Ming, Qing. Putuo Mountain once had 82 temples, 128 huts, accommodating 4,000 monk and nuns at its heyday. When you walk on the paths, you probably can come across monks in kasaya. The glorious sceneries as well as the glamour concerned with Buddhism make it a sacred mountain.

Puji Temple, Fayu Temple, and Huiji Temple are the three largest in the twenty temples in Putuo. Puji Temple, covering 11,000 square meters, was first built in Song Dynasty, and is the main temple devoted to the Goddess of Guanxin. Fayu Temple was first built in Ming. It sits along the mountain with different layers on it. Numerous large trees stand in the mountain, qualify the temple for a quiet and deep place. Huiji Temple is on the Foding Peak, so gets a name after that, Foding Peak Temple.

Bizarre rocks and queer cliffs can be seen everywhere. The most famous twenty are Qingtuo Rock, Rock of Two Tortoises Listening to Preaching, Rock of Buddhist Heaven on Sea, etc. Along the line where the mountain connects with the sea, many spectacular caves are very attractive. Chaoyin Cave and Fanyin Cave are the two top ones.

Notes:

1. Putuo Mountain 普陀山

[普陀山的英文介绍作文

Good morning：

My name is XX， you can also call me Eason，I has such an english name just because the pronunciation of it is like my chinese name. I graduated from this university last year， and major in computer science， I liked computer very much， especially in multimedia technology， and wanted to make some achievement in this field， but when I finished my school， I realized that what I had learned was not enough for this target， I thought it would be great if I can continue my interest in that， so that was why I choose to further my study with a master degree.

Well， in my spare time， I like soccer， pop music， and stamp， being a soccer fan， I always show my love to Manchester United and Ryan Giggs is my favorite. I also like English very much， and had passed Band six this year， but I do think it‘s still a long way to study it， so I wouldn’t give up my English studying， and improve my oral and listening ability.

So that‘s all， thank you.

My name is ***. ** is my given name. *means sweet and* means person, so my name means a sweet-tempered girl. I actually am! But you can call me June, for your convenience, j-u-n-e, its similar to my Chinese name Jun. I am from Enping, a small city in the southwest of Guangdong Province, near HongKong and Macao. Maybe you have never been there before, its well known for the hot springs there.

In 2003, I got the highest score in the College Entrance Examinations in my city and entered Zhongshan University. My major is Computer Science. My GPA ranks in the top 40% among all students, but I have stronger C programming skills than many others. Also, I was the first one to learn Java in my class.

I was chosen by a teacher of mine to participate in his project. The project was about a LAN chat room, and I developed the instant messaging system in it. I was the only female student in this project team.

Besides study and the project, I worked in the Student Union for two years, first year as a member, next year promoted to be the General Secretary. My colleagues describe me as a reliable and considerate person.

IBM is top on my job hunting list for of the reasons you hear every day. I look forward to joining a famous company as it means good training, good pay, and good people to work with, just like you gentlemen!

[计算机英文自我介绍作文

Good morning everyone, my name is XXX.I am XX years old.I graduated from XXX.I have a dream since I was a child.I dream that one day I can fly in the blue sky like the bird. Now I have the chance to make it come true. If i can take this job. I’ll try my best to do everything well.Because I love this job.Thank you .

Hello my name isXXX.I am XX years old.I graduatedfrom XXX.I have a dream since I was a child.I dream that one day I can fly in the blue sky like the bird. Now I have the chance to make it come true. If i can take this job. I’ll try my best to do everything well.Because I love this job.

Hello my name isXXX.I am XX years old.I graduatedfrom XXX.I have a dream since I was a child.I dream that one day I can fly in the blue sky like the bird. Now I have the chance to make it come true. If i can take this job. I’ll try my best to do everything well.Because I love this job.

Good morning everyone, my name is XXX.I am XX years old.I graduated from XXX.I have a dream since I was a child.I dream that one day I can fly in the blue sky like the bird. Now I have the chance to make it come true. If i can take this job. I’ll try my best to do everything well.Because I love this job.Thank you .

Hi, Good afternoon everyone :

My name is *** .And I am from No.*** Overseas Chinese Middle School of *** .It is really a great honor to have this opportunity for an interview . I would like to answer whatever u raise , and I hope I can make a good performance today .Now let me introduce myself briefly .

I am *** years old . I graduated from “*** University”in *** . And then I got a higher degree in“ *** university ” in *** . I have worked for *** years since I graduated from the university .And I have been a headteacher for *** years .

Being a teacher is tired but excited . Having taught for so many years , I think I am experienced in teaching field . I have ever got much honor in teaching , but still I think I need a new environment to challenge myself .

I am open—minded , quickly thoughs and skillful in searching for information on internet . I can operate computer well . In my spare time, I have broad interests .Such as reading ,surfing the internet ,enjoying music ,writing some articles on my blog and even chatting with foreign friends online if possible .

I always believe working hard can bring us more opportunities . To be the best one is a little bit hard. But “Trying All My Best ” always can cheer me up .To succeed or fail is not the only thing . Its in how we face and invaluate ourselves .This is the chance we take , and this is what weve worked for all our lives . Shining like a shooting star at night , and always smile at life .Weve got to give it all . Someday when we turn back for what the footprint we have left , time will record the victory in our heart . So “ Try All My Best ” --- this is the motto of mine .

Ok !So much .Thank you !

[英文自我介绍面试英语教师

good morning, everyone!it is my great honor to attend the interview.My name is XX. I am from XX university ，my majoy is biological engineering .I hope you can know more about me through the introduction of myself.

I have served as the monitor in class and the vice-chairman of student union during the school time. And I have got honors such as national scholarship, the excellent student of school, outstanding student cadres, etc. I do well on work which are from teachers in school . i am also participate in various activities

and social practice.and this provide me a good platform for contacting society in future.at the same time I trained to handle interpersonal relationships .in the spare time of studying and working ，I have attended the training out of class and have passed the national senior nutritionists and middle band of jiangsu English oral test, got the social approval certificates.

On Scientific research, I have finished the project of the “science and technology supermarket”in school.And the project imbursed by the jiangsu province college students innovation fund is performing now. besides，I have published two articles in core journals .

In this four years, i have made great progress not only mastering the professional knowledge, but also cultivating various ability, I believe that these will benefit me significant in study as well as work in future .

I think everything should be done with great enthusiasm .We should cherish every opportunity and be diligence! Hope you can give me this opportunity, I believe I will do better .

Thank you!

[英文的自我介绍怎么写

Elder sister, my name is XXX, I think I was a lively and cheerful, sunny boy positive. My motto is: simple life, practical work, to do their best. What is the simple life?

Is easy, communication with the people to be polite and friendly, but also keep a smile, with a sincere heart. What is the practical work? Is the treatment of learning and work, have to be out laughing and smiling face, conscientious, strict in demands, for what they are doing to take their share of responsibility. And what is called best? That is the last person to form their own the style, then this Style provides a reference for others to learn and live by themselves and others

Of course, I also have their own shortcomings and deficiencies, such as lack of social experience, not enough work experience, and this is the main reason why I want to join in this department, hope the skills take quite high on their own, to broaden its scope of communication, but also a strength of their own community contributions.

Hello everybody, my name is ***, ** years old this year.

I am a cheerful little girl, my easy-going personality, after class, I am always happy to hear the laughter. My next

Sometimes after school to help students talk about the bad performance issues, I will help others to do what I should do. I think

Help others also feel happy! I am a Leader in the class I was in charge of discipline in perfect order.

Strong organizational skills, and sometimes I will take the students to carry out a number of useful activities. I still carried a small first class assembly

Team has done a very impressive too! My specialty is the piano, dancing, calligraphy. I grew up studying piano, is

The playing is still considered good yo! I also learned to dance, I learned a * years. I was an art school in Chongqing to the test

Dance * level certificate. My handwriting is the best, I write the words in the class is the best too! This is me! A copyright dedecms

Generous and cheerful little girl!

In the next life, I will work hard and we became good friends, thank you!

Hello!   My name is ANYJOB, from ANYJOB, my personality is bright, honest, easy to get along with people; Likes playing basketball, mountain climbing and running.

I am very happy and honored to join “ANYJOB” this big family, not only gave me a growth to display themselves and exercise good platform, I also have the opportunity to meet more new colleagues, new friends. - take this, I thank you very much for your leadership, thank you can give me a such a good chance.

I first came here, there are many aspects of knowledge need to everybody to learn, but also hope in the later work we can comments!

I believe that through our mutual understanding between each other and understanding, we will not only become a career has gone hand in hand with the struggle comrades, but a life in the same camp, share weal or woe friend.

Finally, I would like to and everybody a for our common cause to try hard to struggle!   Thank you!

hello!just call me little monkey,i am a new one here. i graduated from hebei tv university,but i major in nuresing.now,i fond a new job at shijiazhuang that is the capitl of hebei.

i want to introduce my hospitl to evryone,she is an old hospitl and the first one in shijiazhuang city.thank goodness, i have this chance to know evryone.i like make friends,so if you are free please talking to me.i am so sorry to that i have forgot some of the words.bye,i must go home my boyfriend is calling me.

Yuandan is the first day of the lunar calendar. It is the day when the earth has circled the sun for one round and is beginning another circling. It represents a new beginning when people send off the old days and welcome the new ones. As the first day of the year, Yuandan has been considered to be the most important festival since the ancient times.

Customs

1. Kaisui(beginning of the year): According to the Chinese traditional custom, starting from haishi(9p.m. to 11p.m.)of the last evening of the twelfth lunar month, each family must prepare offering s to deities at the altar. At the same time, they too prepare food for the New Year day: The whole family will then stay awake together to attend to the year(called shou sui). After haishi, zishi(11p.m. to 1a.m.)will come, and this is the arrival of New Year(Yuandan). At this moment, people begin the celebration with fireworks. Vegetarian and sweet foods will then be placed are the altar for offerings, and incense be burned to welcome the deities. In the ancient times, it was believed that haishi connected the two years and thus was called kaisui.

At the same night, some families will follow the instruction in Tongshu and place preparing altar in the direction of the "fortune deity" during the "fortune time" to receive the deity. If the direction of the "fortune deity" is at the "ill position", people will choose to receive "happy deity" or "noble deity" instead.

2. There is an apparent difference in the custom of food taking on Yuandan between the Chinese in the northern and southern regions. The northern Chinese has the habit of taking jiao zi(dumpling made of flour with vegetable and meat wrapped inside). Some people may put a sweet or a coin inside jiao zi, hoping to have a sweet year after tasting the sweet and a wealthy year after tasting the coin. on the other hand, the southern Chinese have the taboo for killing on Yuandan. Therefore, they do not take meat in tee morning of Yuandan, so as to avoid bloodshed or mutual slaughter. In order to evade misfortune, they have the first meal of this day without meat. Instead, they take vegetarian food for the sake of virtue.

3. What is special during the New Year is that parents or elders will distribute red packets(ang pao or ya sui qian)to the children. People in the ancient times were more particular in giving away the red packets: the distribution took place on the eve of New Year so that the kids could suppress the past year and enter the New Year. Ya sui has the meaning of overcoming the unpredictable future. Representing the wishes for the healthy psychological growth of the children, ya sui qian symbolises the elders hope to see their children overcome all the unpredictable elements brought by the "year".

[英文作文：元旦节介绍

Good morning. I am glad to be here for this interview.First let me introduce myself. My name is XXX, 24. I come from XXXXXX,thecapital of XXXXXXXProvince. I graduated from the XXXXXX department ofXXXXXUniversity in July ,2001.In the past two years I have been prepareing forthe postgraduate examination while I have been teaching XXXXXin NO.XXXXmiddleSchool and I was a head-teacher of a class in junior grade two.Now all my hardwork has got a result since I have a chance to be interview by you.

I am open-minded ,quick in thought and very fond ofhistory.In my spare time,I have broad interests like many other youngers.I likereading books, especially those XXXX.Frequently I exchange with other people bymaking comments in the forum on line.In addition ,during my college years,I wasonce a Net-bar technician.So, I have a comparative good command of networkapplication.I am able to operate the computer well.I am skillful in searchingfor information in Internet.I am a football fan for years.Italian team is myfavorite.Anyway,I feel great pity for our country’s team.

I always believe that one will easily lag behindunless he keeps on learning .Of course, if I am given a chance to study XXXXXXin this famous University,I will stare no effort to master a good command ofadvance XXXXXX.

[面试外企英文自我介绍

Ladies and Gentlemen:

I am pleased to serve as your guide today。

This is the palace museum; also know as the Purple Forbidden City。 It is the largest and most well reserved imperial residence in China today。 Under Ming Emperor Yongle， construction began in 1406。 It took 14years to build the Forbidden City。 The first ruler who actually lived here was Ming Emperor Zhudi。 For five centuries thereafter， it continued to be the residence of23 successive emperors until 1911 when Qing Emperor Puyi was forced to abdicate the throne。 In 1987， the United Nations Educational， Scientific and Cultural Organization recognized the Forbidden City was a world cultural legacy。

It is believed that the Palace Museum， or Zi Jin Cheng (Purple Forbidden City)， got its name from astronomy folklore， The ancient astronomers divided the constellations into groups and centered them around the Ziwei Yuan (North Star) 。 The constellation containing the North Star was called the Constellation of Heavenly God and star itself was called the purple palace。 Because the emperor was supposedly the son of the heavenly gods， his central and dominant position would be further highlighted the use of the word purple in the name of his residence。 In folklore， the term “an eastern purple cloud is drifting” became a metaphor for auspicious events after a purple cloud was seen drifting eastward immediately before the arrival of an ancient philosopher， LaoZi， to the Hanghu Pass。 Here， purple is associated with auspicious developments。 The word jin (forbidden) is self-explanatory as the imperial palace was heavily guarded and off-explanatory as the imperial palace was heavily guarded and off-limits to ordinary people。

The red and yellow used on the palace walls and roofs are also symbolic。 Red represents happiness， good fortune and wealth。 Yellow is the color of the earth on the Loess Plateau， the original home of the Chinese people。 Yellow became an imperial color during the Tang dynasty， when only members of the royal family were allowed to wear it and use it in their architecture。

The Forbidden City is rectangular in shape。 It is 960 meters long from north to south and 750 meter wide from east west。 It has 9，900 rooms under a total roof area 150，000 square meters。 A 52-meter-wide-moat encircles a 9。 9-meter—high wall which encloses the complex。 Octagon —shaped turrets rest on the four corners of the wall。 There are four entrances into the city: the Meridian Gate to the south， the Shenwu Gate (Gate of Military Prowess) to the north， and the Xihua Gate (Gate of military Prowess) to the north， and the Xihua Gate (Western Flowery Gate ) to the west， the Donghua (Eastern Flowery Gate) to the east。

Manpower and materials throughout the country were used to build the Forbidden City。 A total of 230，000 artisans and one million laborers were employed。 Marble was quarried from fangshan Country Mount Pan in Jixian County in Hebei Province。 Granite was quarried in Quyang County in Hebei Province。 Paving blocks were fired in kilns in Suzhou in southern China。 Bricks and scarlet pigmentation used on the palatial walls came from linqing in Shandong Province。 Timber was cut， processed and hauled from the northwestern and southern regions。

Leaders, Members:Hello, everybody ~! (Bows)My name is XXX, from Hunan XX, I am cheerful, honest, easy to get along with others; likes playing basketball, climbing and running.

I am very pleased and honored to join the "XX" to the family, where not only provided me with a growth exercise, showing a good platform for self, but also for giving me the chance to meet more new colleagues, new friends. - To take this, I am very grateful to all the leaders, thank you all so give me a good opportunity. (Bow)

I first arrived, there are many aspects of the knowledge I need to learn, but also hope in future we can work great weekend!

I believe that through our mutual understanding and mutual understanding, we will not only become a career go hand in hand with the struggle of his comrades, life will be like-minded, woe friend.

Finally, I would like and we can work together for our common cause and work hard!

Thanks everyone! (Bow)

[职场新人英文自我介绍

It is my plesure to meet you .today i am here to apply for the position of foreign trade clerk(or assistant)。

now let me tell you a little bit about myself.i am from jiangxi province . there are four members in my family,my parents,my elder sister and i. i am always a energetic and enthusiastic person that have many hobbies .well ,i am fond of all kinds of outdoor activities such as playing tennis , doing some physicalsports and so on. (you can also say i am interested in…or doing sth is also my favourite activity)this year i will gratuade from tian jin foreign studyings university, with major in foreign trade(or international trade)。

i really like this industy very much.if i am so lucky enough to be employed by your company,i will put what i have learnt together with my energy into my job and make some contribution to your company.

thank you very much!

I am. ________. I was born in ________. I graduate from ________ senior high school and major in English. I started learning English since I was 12 years old. My parents have a lot of American friends. Thats why I have no problem communicating with Americans or others by speaking English.

In my spare time, I like to do anything relating to English such as listening to English songs, watching English movies or TV programs, or even attending the activities held by some English clubs or institutes. I used to go abroad for a short-term English study. During that time, I learned a lot of daily life English and saw a lot of different things.

I think language is very interesting. I could express one substance by using different sounds. So I wish I could study and read more English literatures and enlarge my knowledge.

pesonel statement(introduction)

good morning,my dear teachers,my dear professors.i am very glad to be here for your interview.my name is song yonghao,i am 22 years old .i come from luoyang,a very beautiful aicent city.my

undergratuade period will be accomplished in changan university in july ,2004;and now,i am trying my best for obtaining a key to tongji university.

generally speaking ,i am a hard working student especially do the thing i am interested in. i will try my best to finish it no matter how difficult it is. when i was sophomore, i found web design very interesting, so i learned it very hard . to weaver a homepage for myself, i stayed with my pesonel computer for half a month.,and i am the first one in my class who own his homepage. forthermore,i am a person with great perserverence. during the days preparing for the first examination,i insist on running every day, no matter what the weather was like.and just owning to this,i could concentrate on my study and succeeded in the end.

well ,in my spare time ,i like basketball, tennis and chinese chess. also english is my favorate.i often go to english corner to practise my oral english on every thursday,and write compositions to improve my witten ability .but i know my english is not good enough ,i will continue studying.

ok, that is all,thank you for your attention.

my hometown------luoyang

i am from luoyang,a beautiful city in henan province. it is famous as the capital of nine dynasties and enjoy yhe honer that luoyang peony is the best in the world.

luoyang played a very important role in chinese history. so it has a profound cultural background and many great heritagesites have been well reverved. such as longmen grotto, one of the three grottoes in china ang white horse temple, being regarded as the cradle of chnese buddhism.

luoyang peony is world-famous. every year, many tourists travel to luoyang to see the beauty of peony .the people in my hometown are friendly, they welcome the travellers from all over the world.i like my hometown very much.

[大学生英语自我介绍范例

Good afternoon (morning)， professors:

It is my great pleasure to be here. My name is mingmingzhou , graduated from Computer Science Department of Wuhan University.During my four-year study in the university as an under-graduate student, I have built up a solid foundation of professional knowledge, as well as a rich experience of social activities. I am a determined person, always willing to achieve higher goals.

Whats more, I am good at analysis, with a strong sense of cooperation. All of these led me to the success of passing the first round of the entrance examination to the Masters degree. Personally, I am very humorous and easy-going, enjoying a good relationship among my classmates.

In my spare time, I like to read books regarding how to be myself and how to deal with problems. Music and movies are my favorite entertainments. As for my sport interest, I could not deny my greatest interest is football. Playing this game brings me a lot of glory, happiness and passion.

All in all, Wuhan University, with a highly qualified faculty and strong academic environment is the university I have long admired. I believe that I am a very qualified applicant for admission into your Master of IT program and can contribute to the enrichment or diversity of your university.

Thank you for your attention!

Good morning. I am glad to be here for this interview. First let me introduce myself. My name is xx 24. I come from Nanchang,the capital of Jiangxi Province. I graduated from the ****** department of *****University in July ,2001.In the past two years I have been prepareing for the postgraduate examination while I have been teaching *****in NO.****middle School and I was a head-teacher of a class in junior grade two.Now all my hard work has got a result since I have a chance to be interview by you.

I am open-minded ,quick in thought and very fond of history.In my spare time,I have broad interests like many other youngers.I like reading books, especially those about ****.Frequently I exchange with other people by making comments in the forum on line.In addition ,during my college years,I was once a Net-bar technician.So, I have a comparative good command of network application.I am able to operate the computer well.I am skillful in searching for information in Internet.I am a football fan for years.Italian team is my favorite.Anyway,I feel great pity for our countrys team.

I always believe that one will easily lag behind unless he keeps on learning .Of course, if I am given a chance to study ****** in this famous University,I will spare no effort to master a good command of advance ******.

What strikes one first in a birds -eye view of Beijing proper is a vast tract of golden roofs flashing brilliantly in the sun with purple walls occasionally emerging amid them and a stretch of luxuriant tree leaves flanking on each side. That is the former Imperial Palace, popularly known as the Forbidden City, from which twenty-four emperors of the Ming and Qing Dynasties ruled China for some 500 years——from1420 to 1911. The Ming Emperor Yong Le, who usurped the throne from his nephew and made Beijing the capital, ordered its construction, on which approximately 10,000 artists and a million workmen toiled for 14 years from 1406 to 1420. At present, the Palace is an elaborate museum that presents the largest and most complete ensemble of traditional architecture complex and more than 900,000 pieces of court treasures in all dynasties in China.

Located in the center of Beijing, the entire palace area, rectangular in shape and 72 hectares in size, is surrounded by walls ten meters high and a moat 52 meters wide. At each corner of the wall stands a watchtower with a double-eave roof covered with yellow glazed tiles.

The main buildings, the six great halls, one following the other, are set facing south along the central north-south axis from the Meridian Gate, the south entrance, to Shenwumen, the great gate piercing in the north wall. On either side of the palace are many comparatively small buildings. Symmetrically in the northeastern section lie the six Eastern Palaces and in the northwestern section the six Western Palaces. The Palace area is divided into two parts: the Outer Court and the Inner Palace. The former consists of the first three main halls, where the emperor received his courtiers and conducted grand ceremonies, while the latter was the living quarters for the imperial residence. At the rear of the Inner Palace is the Imperial Garden where the emperor and his family sought recreation.

The main entrance to the Palace is the Meridian Gate(1), which was so named because the emperor considered himself the "Son of the Heaven" and the Palace the center of the universe, hence the north-south axis as the Meridian line going right through the Palace. The gate is crowned with five towers, commonly known as the Five-Phoenix Towers(2), which were installed with drums and bells. When the emperor went to the Temple of Heaven, bells were struck to mark this important occasion. When he went to the Ancestral Temple, it was the drums that were beaten to publicize the event.

Beyond the Meridian Gate unfolds a vast courtyard across which the Inner Golden Water River runs from east to west. The river is spanned by five bridges, which were supposed to be symbols of the five virtues preached by Confucius——benevolence, righteousness, rites, intelligence, and fidelity(3).

At the north end of the courtyard is a three-tiered white marble terrace, seven meters above the ground, on which, one after another, stand three majestic halls; the Hall of Supreme Harmony(4), the Hall of Complete Harmony(5), and the Hall of Preserving Harmony(6).

The Hall of Supreme Harmony, rectangular in shape, 27 meters in height, 2,300 square meters in area, is the grandest and most important hall in the Palace complex. It is also Chinas largest existing palace of wood structure and an outstanding example of brilliant color combinations. This hall used to be the throne hall for ceremonies which marked great occasions: the Winter Solstice, the Spring Festival, the emperors birthday and enthronement, and the dispatch of generals to battles, etc. On such occasions there would be an imperial guard of honor standing in front of the Hall that extended all the way to the Meridian gate.

On the north face of the hall in the center of four coiled-golden dragon columns is the "Golden Throne", which was carved out of sandalwood. The throne rests on a two-meter-high platform with a screen behind it. In front of it, to the left and right, stand ornamental cranes, incense burners and other ornaments. The dragon columns entwined with golden dragons measure one meter in diameter. The throne itself, the platform and the screen are all carved with dragon designs. High above the throne is a color-painted coffered ceiling which changes in shape from square to octagonal to circular as it ascends layer upon layer. The utmost central vault is carved with the gilded design of a dragon toying with pearls. when the Emperor mounted the throne, gold bells and jade chimes sounded from the gallery, and clouds of incense rose from the bronze cranes and tortoises and tripods outside the hall on the terrace. The aura of majesty created by the imposing architecture and solemn ritual were designed to keep the subjects of the "Son of the Heaven" in awe and reverence.

The Hall of Complete Harmony is smaller and square with windows on all sides. Here the emperor rehearsed for ceremonies. It is followed by the Hall of Preserving Harmony in which banquets and imperial examinations were held.

Behind the Hall of Preserving Harmony lies a huge marble ramp with intertwining clouds and dragons carved in relief. The slab, about 6.5 meters long, 3 meters wide and 250 tons in weight, is placed between two flights of marble steps along which the emperors sedan was carried up or down the terrace. It is the largest piece of stone carving in the Imperial Palace. Quarried in the mountains scores of kilometers southwest of Beijing, this gigantic stone was moved to the city by sliding it over a specially paved ice road in winter. To provide enough water to build the ice road, wells were sunk at very 500 meters along the way.

The three halls of the Inner Palace are replicas of the three halls in the front, but smaller in size. They are the Palace of Heavenly Purity(7), the Hall of Union(8), and the Palace of Earthly Tranquility(9).

The Palace of Heavenly Purity was once the residence of the Ming emperors and the first two of the Qing emperors. Then the Qing Emperor Yong Zheng moved his residence to the Palace of Mental Cultivation and turned it into an audience hall to receive foreign envoys and handled the state affairs. The promotion and demotion of officials were also decided in this hall. After the emperors death his coffin was placed here for a 49-day period of mourning.

The Palace of Union was the empresss throne room and the Hall of Earthly Tranquility, once a private living room for the empress, was partitioned. The west chamber served religious purposes and the east one was the bridal chamber where the newly married emperor and empress spent their first two nights after their wedding.

The Imperial Garden was laid out during the early Ming dynasty. Hundreds of pines and cypresses offer shade while various flowers give colors to the garden all year round and fill the air with their fragrance. In he center of the garden is the Hall of Imperial Peace, a Daoist temple, with a flat roof slightly sloping down to the four eaves. This type of roof was rare in ancient Chinese architecture. In he northeastern corner of the garden is a rock hill, known as the Hill of the Piled-up Wonders, which is topped with a pavilion. At the foot of the hill are two fountains which jet two columns of water high into the air. It is said that on the ninth night of the ninth month of the lunar calendar, the empress would mound the hill to enjoy the autumn scene. It is also believed that climbing to a high place on that day would keep people safe from contagious diseases.

The six Western Palaces were residences for empresses and concubines. They are kept in their original way for show. The six Eastern Palaces were the residences for them too. But now they serve as special museums: the Museum of Bronze, the Museum of Porcelain and the Museum of Arts and Crafts of the Ming and Qing dynasties. In the northeastern-most section of the Inner Palace are the Museum of Traditional Chinese Paintings and the Museum of Jewelry and Treasures where rare pieces of imperial collections are on display.

Now the Forbidden City is no longer forbidding, but inviting. A visit to the Palace Museum will enrich the visitors knowledge of history, economy, politics, arts as well as architecture in ancient China.